Composite column or not ?

[Bertrand]

Hi,

Here's what I'm trying to do :

- If a book has the tag 'mytag' => rating column = 1 automatically.

Is it possible ?

I tried with a composite column, and used the example found in the sticky post
{formats:contains(EPUB, Yes,)}
modified to
{tags:contains(mytag, Yes,)}
It works, but instead of 'yes', I would like to display 1 star.

I don't even know if I need a composite column.
Can it be accomplished with the native column 'Rating' ?

Thanks.

(I'm not quite a novice in programmation, but I must say I 'm having a hard time with the template language :-)

[Manichean]

I'd try having a look at what the general program mode for templates can accomplish. If you can do it anywhere, you can do it there.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by Bertrand

I don't even know if I need a composite column.
Can it be accomplished with the native column 'Rating' ?

You can't do it in the native column. (As soon as I say that, someone will probably correct me, most likely Charles ) You need a composite column to build the content from another column (tags). I'm pretty sure composite columns aren't designed to do star rating displays, but I'll be interested to see Charles' comments.

[Bertrand]

Ok, maybe I should play with something less complex :-)

Thanks, guys.